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Eleanor K. Tinsley
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Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecologist |
PhD Researcher @zslscience.bsky.social & @uclcber.bsky.social | Interested in sexual selection, mate choice, courtship behaviour, colour, parental care | Professional frog-botherer | #FirstGen | #HERper | (she/her)
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Eleanor K. Tinsley @ektinsley.bsky.social · Dec 11
Hi! I’m El, a PhD student at ZSL and UCL working on understanding behaviour to inform conservation in an endangered amphibian species. I am question-driven, and my primary interests lie in sexual selection, mate choice, courtship behaviour, colour, and parental care. Let’s talk science! 🐸🦔🐦‍⬛🦗
A smattering of images showing El in her work roles past and present. As well as her research work in aggressive behaviour and mating success in crickets and in polyandry and anti predator behaviour in amphibians, El has worked in research assistant roles working on riverine birds and on hedgehogs. She has also spent time working in ecology as an assistant and freelance ecologist, where she conducted great crested newt, bat, dormouse, and reptile surveys, as well as ECoW work. She also engages in teaching roles in both high schools and university settings, and is active in pursuing public engagement and outreach opportunities to talk about her science and conservation generally. If you are interested in behaviour, ecology, evolution, or conservation, she would love to hear from you! Images: El using highly conspicuous radio telemetry equipment in some long grass (top left), El rocking some orange high-vis with a hand full of of great crested newts (top right), El holding a hedgehog recently fitted with a GPS tag (bottom left), El delivering a public engagement activity and holding a microphone (bottom centre), and delivering a careers talk to aspiring wildlife professionals at London Zoo (bottom right).
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Very excited to be talking about my work on #frogs at this event at @zslofficial.bsky.social tomorrow! Grab your tickets now!
prideinstem.bsky.social Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · Oct 24
Our LGBTQ+ STEM Day Celebrations are taking place at @zslofficial.bsky.social and then at Zodiac Bar!

Join us!

Free tickets: www.outsavvy.com/event/31027/... #PrideInSTEM 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🔭🧪
A circle of rainbow leaves with the details about the event. Pride in STEM and ZSL institute of zoology organising the LGBTQ+STEM Day celebrations. November 18 fom 5pm - tag line hear us roar!
November 17, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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It is validating to see these issues being discussed more widely. As someone hailing from such a background and engaging with #EDI at @zslscience.bsky.social, who are leading in this dialogue, it is often at the forefront of my mind.

I think The Two Ronnies sketch rather subverts the point, though.
November 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Humans and chimpanzees grieve alike.

RIP Jane Goodall. @janegoodallcan.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Last month I presented my work on amphibian antipredator behaviour at #Behaviour2025 in Kolkata, India. I met so many cool people and potential future collaborators! Thanks to the organisers for the opportunity to present and to @asab.org and @britishecologicalsociety.org for funding my attendance!
September 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Had a blast catching up with good friends and talking science last week at @qmul.bsky.social - my final Joint DTP Conference! Thanks to the organisers for doing such a brilliant job in spite of the tube strikes! @londonnercdtp.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Thanks so much to everyone who attended my #Behaviour2025 talk on Wednesday - thank you for all the questions, advice, and expressions of interest. You were a fabulous audience! 🐸

The app apparently tells you if your talk was well-attended. What a world we live in! 🤯
Conference app generated talk advert for Eleanor’s Behaviour 2025 presentation. with “highly attended session” badge.
August 30, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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Super excited to be in Kolkata for #Behaviour2025! If you’ve ever wondered how machine learning and behaviour can help us conserve endangered species, come and see my talk at 11:58 on Wednesday 27th in Hall 6! 🐸
August 25, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Reposted by Eleanor K. Tinsley
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So exciting to see #sihek eggs confirmed in the wild for the first time in nearly 40 years! www.zsl.org/news-and-eve... #ConservationScience 🌍 🦤 🧪 #Ornithology
Bird species lost from wild lays first eggs on new island home | The Zoological Society of London
Endangered bird recently returned to the wild have laid first eggs on their new Pacific island home, making them the first wild eggs for the species in almost 40 years.
www.zsl.org
April 22, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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A very successful Adder Day 2025! The weather was almost too nice this year, the scaly fellas didn't hang around for long.
Participants of Adder Day 2025 pose under a metal sculpture of a dragonfly on Hounslow Heath
April 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Had a fabulous time at #BES2024 in #Liverpool! Thank you to @britishecolsoc.bsky.social for the opportunity to present my work, chair one of the brilliant Behavioural Ecology symposia (all of which I attended and enjoyed immensely!), and network with other ecology nerds! Until next year! 🐸
December 16, 2024 at 3:58 PM
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Some lovely discussions at the @britishecolsoc.bsky.social #BES2024 poster event! Thank you to all who came to chat. Please keep in touch! Huge thank you to @petermoorefuller.bsky.social @infohackit.bsky.social for the introduction to the world of illustration and providing invaluable feedback! 🐸
December 11, 2024 at 10:10 PM
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Very excited to be @britishecolsoc.bsky.social #BES2024! Like behaviour, frogs, captive management for conservation? Come and see my poster at A2.1 at 18:00 TODAY! Also seeking machine learning expertise - come and chat if that’s your thing! 🐸
December 11, 2024 at 2:57 PM
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Hi! I’m El, a PhD student at ZSL and UCL working on understanding behaviour to inform conservation in an endangered amphibian species. I am question-driven, and my primary interests lie in sexual selection, mate choice, courtship behaviour, colour, and parental care. Let’s talk science! 🐸🦔🐦‍⬛🦗
A smattering of images showing El in her work roles past and present. As well as her research work in aggressive behaviour and mating success in crickets and in polyandry and anti predator behaviour in amphibians, El has worked in research assistant roles working on riverine birds and on hedgehogs. She has also spent time working in ecology as an assistant and freelance ecologist, where she conducted great crested newt, bat, dormouse, and reptile surveys, as well as ECoW work. She also engages in teaching roles in both high schools and university settings, and is active in pursuing public engagement and outreach opportunities to talk about her science and conservation generally. If you are interested in behaviour, ecology, evolution, or conservation, she would love to hear from you! Images: El using highly conspicuous radio telemetry equipment in some long grass (top left), El rocking some orange high-vis with a hand full of of great crested newts (top right), El holding a hedgehog recently fitted with a GPS tag (bottom left), El delivering a public engagement activity and holding a microphone (bottom centre), and delivering a careers talk to aspiring wildlife professionals at London Zoo (bottom right).
December 11, 2024 at 2:55 PM